CRC77 > UN Press Release: "Genital Mutilation of Intersex Children in Spain" - But French Version Still Misrepresents IGM as "FGM" and "Surgery on Transgender Children" - OUCH!!!!

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The English UN press release on the
review of Spain by the Committee on the Rights of the
Child (CRC) adequately summarises the questions on Intersex Genital
Mutilation by CRC experts Olga Khazova (and José Rodríguez)
as well as the revealing (non-)replies by Spanish delegate Dña. Sagrario
Mateu (Chief of Health Services for Mothers and Children).
Thank you!
Whereas, unfortunately, the French version (see below) only gets the
(non)-answers right – please do always use the correct terms!

OLGA KHAZOVA, Committee Expert and Rapporteur for Spain [...] As
for intersex children, Ms. Khazova expressed concern about the
still existing practice of non-consensual genital
mutilation. Was there a plan to stop such surgeries during
infancy and postpone them until a later time when adolescents could make their
own decisions?»

«Replies by the Delegation

[...] Intersex children were cared for by the
mainstream healthcare services and they were treated as all other
children. There was no national registry of intersex children because
autonomous communities collected their own data. Autonomous communities had
their legal guidelines vis-à-vis intersex children, which were developed in
consultation with specialists in the field.»

Unfortunately, the >>>
French UN press release mentions no questions on intersex, but
rather on "female genital mutilation" instead of IGM,
and even worse, in the next sentence claims the issue would be to
"stop surgical operations performed on transgender
children" – despite the fact that
CRC rapporteur Olga Khazova and CRC expert José Rodríguez
both clearly spoke of "intersex children", and NOT
transgender children! OUCH!!!!! (As we didn't listen
in to the French simultaneous translation, we don't know what terms were used
there.)

"Human Rights For Hermaphrodites Too!"

StopIGM.org is an international human rights NGO of survivors and allies fighting Intersex Genital Mutilations (IGM) in children's clinics, and for the right to physical integrity and self determination for all children born with 'atypical genitalia', or Variations of Sex Anatomy. IGM Practices are a serious human rights violation and MUST STOP.